"Cage of rabid otters" seems the most promising

A new promotion for upcoming castle construction sim Stronghold 3 requests that fansvote via Facebookon which of four beasts ought to be used as trebuchet ammo. Shh, no one tell PETA.

%26ldquo;Medieval sieges were often just long periods of people doing nothing,%26rdquo;said designerSimon Bradbury. %26ldquo;The besiegers would sometimes catapult all manner of things over the walls in the hope of causing disease and panic, or possibly just to relieve the boredom! Traditionally, we%26rsquo;ve had a deceased cow as alternative trebuchet ammo, but in Stronghold 3 we%26rsquo;re taking massive development leaps by offering several dead animals to choose from! Once again, I must stress they%26rsquo;re already dead before being launched skywards. They%26rsquo;re no more. They have ceased to be. Bereft of life.%26rdquo;

Oh, never mind PETA, they're already dead.

While it isn't necessarily the best idea to begin a promotion bydeclaring that the focus of your game (medieval sieges) involves "long periods of people doing nothing," we do look forward to seeing what the fans pick. The choices are: